Reality star Scrapp Deleon

Events in 1988 and 12-3

Events in US in the birth year of Scrapp Deleon

• Robert C. McFarlane, former National Security Adviser, pleads guilty in Iran-Contra case (March 11).
• US Navy ship shoots down Iranian airliner in Persian Gulf, mistaking it for jet fighter; 290 killed (July 3).
• Democratic convention nominates Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts for President and Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen for Vice President (July 17 et seq.).
• Republican convention nominates George Bush for President and Indiana Senator Dan Quayle for Vice President (Aug. 15 et seq.).
• Republicans sweep 40 states in election, and Bush beats Dukakis (Nov. 8).

Birthday Scrapp Deleon (12-3) in history

• Day 12-3 year 1912: Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts.
• Day 12-3 year 1930: Mohandas Gandhi began his 200-mile march to protest the British salt tax.
• Day 12-3 year 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the first of his nation-wide "fireside chats" on radio.
• Day 12-3 year 1938: "Anschluss" took place when Hitler incorporated his homeland of Austria into the Third Reich.
• Day 12-3 year 1947: President Truman established the "Truman Doctrine" to aid in the containment of Communism.
• Day 12-3 year 1993: Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female attorney general of the United States.
• Day 12-3 year 1994: The Church of England ordained women priests for the first time in 460 years.
• Day 12-3 year 2002: The color-coded terror alert system was unveiled by Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge.
• Day 12-3 year 2003: The prime minister of the Serbian state (of Serbia and Montenegro), Zoran Djindjic, was assassinated.